Mavericks' Anthony Davis To Miss Time With Calf Strain

The Mavericks, already disconnected to a somewhat shaky commencement this season, will person to navigate 2 games without their star.

Dallas guardant Anthony Davis has strained a calf and will miss nan adjacent 2 games, according to a Friday evening study from Shams Charania of ESPN. The strain is reportedly low-grade, and Davis will beryllium reevaluated pursuing nan Mavericks' games against nan Pistons Saturday and Rockets Monday.

Davis, 32, has travel retired beardown successful his first afloat play pinch Dallas. He's averaging 20.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game; he ranks 10th successful nan convention successful protect standing successful a very mini sample size.

Despite Davis's success, nan Mavericks are 2-3 5 games into nan regular season. With nan Rockets ascendant and nan Spurs nan evident beneficiary of a quantum leap, Dallas will person to conflict to enactment solvent successful a sadistic convention and division.

Should nan 10-time All-Star—traded to nan Mavericks successful February for defender Luka Dončić—miss only 2 games, he could return Wednesday against nan Pelicans.

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